samast tirthoan mean snan, sampoorn yajnoan mean dakshina-vitaran, sampoorn dan, punyamay vrat evan niyam, devarchan, upavas aur samast tap– ye pati ki charan-sevajanit puny ki solahavian kala ke barabar bhi nahian hai. striyoan ke liye samast bandhu-bandhavoan mean apana putr hi priy hota hai; kyoanki vahi svami ka aansh hai. pati sau putroan se bhi badhakar hai. jo nich kul mean utpann huee hai, vahi stri sada apane svami se dvesh rakhati hai, jisaka chitt chanchal aur dusht hai, vahi sada parapurush mean asakt hoti hai. pati rogi, dusht, patit, nirdhan, gunahin, navayuvak athava vriddh hi kyoan n ho, sadhvi stri ko sada usi ki seva karani chahiye. kabhi bhi use tyagana nahian chahiye. jo nari gunavan ya gunahin pati se dvesh rakhati ya use tyag deti hai, vah tab tak kalasootr narak mean pakayi jati hai, jab tak chandrama aur soory ki satta rahati hai. vahaan pakshi ke saman ki de rat-din use khate rahate haian. vah bhookh lagane par murde ka maans aur majja khati hai tatha pyas lagane par mootr ka pan karati hai.
tadanantar koti-sahasr janmoan tak gidh, sau janmoan tak sooar, phir sau janmoan tak shikari jiv aur usake bad bandhu-hatyarin hoti hai. tatpashchath pahale ke satkarm ke prabhav se yadi kabhi manushy-janm pati hai to nishchay hi vidhava, dhanahin aur rogini hoti hai.
brahmakumar! ap hamean patidan dijiye; kyoanki vah sampoorn kamanaoan ka poorak hota hai. ap brahma ji ke saman phir se jagat ki srishti karane mean samarth haian.
kanyaoan ka yah vachan sunakar prajapati daksh bhagavan shankar ke samip gaye. shankar ji ne unhean dekhate hi uthakar pranam kiya. shiv ko pranam karate dekh daksh ne durdhursh krodh ko tyag diya aur ashirvad dekar kripanidhan shankar se kaha– ap chandrama ko lauta dean. shiv ne sharanagad chandrama ko tyag dena svikar nahian kiya, tab daksh unhean shap dene ko taiyar ho gaye. yah dekh shiv ne bhagavan vishnu ka smaran kiya. vishnu vriddh brahman ke vesh mean aye aur shiv se bole– ‘sureshvar! ap chandrama ko lauta dean aur daksh ke shap se apani raksha karean.’
shiv ne kaha – prabho! maian apane tap, tej, sampoorn siddhi, sampada tatha pranoan ko bhi de dooanga, parantu sharanagat ka tyag karane mean asamarth hooan. jo bhay se hi sharanagat ko tyag deta hai, use bhi dharm tyag deta hai aur atyant kathor shap dekar chala jata hai.